http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/31/national/main995829.shtml This is an older story, but today my local paper said the EC who installed a heater is being sued.
Anyone know anything else?
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It was my understanding that the person who installed the heaters wasn't an EC.
-Hal
I guess I didn't hear about the heater. Did they figure out the heater energized the water and the mike was just a ground path?
My paper's story mentioned the EC by name.
I also was wondering about the mic' providing a ground path.
At a certain point you have some blame for the AHJ. This is clearly a 680 regulated "pool" and it should have been inspected to that standard. Unfortunately I also understand churches are the worst about using unqualified (volunteer) labor and working without permit/inspection overview.
My question would be, was this a listed pool/spa heater or just something cobbled up from water heater elements. How was it bonded? Was the audio system tied into the same bonding grid?
Greg this article may be a little slanted but it claims it was a improperly installed failing heater.
http://www.mikeholt.com/files/PDF/Tragedy_Strikes_Texas_Church.PDF Bob
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My paper's story mentioned the EC by name.
Do you have a link to the story?
-Hal
My paper's story mentioned the EC by name.
Do you have a link to the story?
-Hal
Hal,
No. I read it in Saturday's Bucks County (PA)Courier Times under national news.
Maybe we should propose "Bapistry" be added to the list in article 680, although I would include it anyway if I was the inspector.
680.2 "Pool. Manufactured or field-constructed equipment designed to contain water on a permanent or semipermanent basis and used for swimming, wading, or other purposes."
Interstingly, most of the baptismal fonts I'm familiar with do not meet that description. They're filled immediately before the baptism, and emptied afterwards. The warm water comes from a (large) hot water heater. So in building code terms, they're pretty much just large bathtubs.